The Ferrocyanide of Potash is prepared "by fusing animal substances such as
the cuttings of horns, hoofs, and skins with Carbonate of Potash in an iron pot, lixiviating the
crude product with water, and purifying the salt with crystallisation" (Brunton). In the old school
the only uses made of this salt are as a test, and in the preparation of Hcy. ac. Thanks to a
proving made under the guidance of J. B. Bell, homceopaths have found in it a remedy rivalling
Sepia in the uterine sphere, and Kali c. in its action on the heart. The Kali element seems the
predominating power in this salt. The bearing-down sensation and the gastric sinking are
- prominent indications.
- Menses too frequent and too profuse.
- Passive uterine hemorrhages.
- There
is a periodicity in the complaints of K. fcy. Debility, tremors, numbness, hemorrhages, chlorosis,
- wandering neuralgic pains are among its general effects.
- W.
- G.
- Dietz reports (Amer.
- Hom.
- , xxiii.
- 58, quoting N.
- A.
- J.
- H.
- ) this case: Mrs.
- H.
- , 23, mother of three children, small, anzemic, weak.
Four years ill with "incurable heart disease," as she had been told. Symptoms: Much distress in
heart region. Frequent attacks of pain, a severe ache with occasional sharp plunges; generally <
by moving about, exertion, and > by rest; occasionally the conditions are reversed. Palpitation
generally accompanies the paroxysms, but may occur independently. Mentally depressed, knows
she has heart disease and is going to die." Appetite fitful bowels inclined to be constipated. Urine
- pale, 1,014, passed frequently.
- No abnormal constituents.
- Chilly, hands and feet cold.
- No organic
- disease of heart discovered.
- Has taken quantities of patent medicines.
- K.
- fcy.
- 1x three times a
day, improved in two weeks and cured in four months.—The symptoms are < on rising; on
awaking; in the morning; on moving; on walking. > In afternoon. Touch <; patients very
sensitive to touch.